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Breaking News, World News and More NewsTue, 02 Jun 2015 14:37:37 +0000en-UShourly1BatangasTodayhttps://feedburner.google.comAIM Global Breaks 2 Guinness World Records In 2 Dayshttp://www.batangastoday.com/aim-global-breaks-2-guinness-world-records-in-2-days/34354/
http://www.batangastoday.com/aim-global-breaks-2-guinness-world-records-in-2-days/34354/#commentsMon, 01 Jun 2015 10:58:33 +0000http://www.batangastoday.com/?p=34354Alliance In Motion Global, Inc. (AIM Global), a leading network marketing company in the Philippines, broke two Guinness World Records in two consecutive days, on May 30 and 31, 2015.

AIM Global made the biggest human smiley with 8,018 people participating on May 30, 2015 at the Quirino Grandstand, beating Qatar’s previous record of 4,047 participants set on March 27, 2015.

Meanwhile, the record for the most people wearing costume masks held by Angels Baseball in Anaheim, California, USA, participated by 27,080 people in 2011, was beaten by AIM Global on May 31, 2015. AIM Global broke the record with 30,050 verified participants wearing smiley face masks during their 9th Anniversary celebration at the Philippine Arena.

A Guinness World Records representative officially announced the success of the record breaking attempts during the company’s anniversary held at the Philippine Arena on May 31, 2015.

Here’s a report from 24 Oras about the record attempt for the biggest human smiley:

“I’m not here to promote Albay.” This is what Xian Lim, according to a Facebook post by Albay Governor Joey Salceda. The Star Magic talent was a guest during the recent Fiesta Tsinoy Albay. When Bicolanos learned about this issue, many of them requested that Lim be declared “persona non grata.”

Albay Governor Joey Salceda wrote on his official Facebook page this Thursday.

“Xian Lim says in my face (Atty Carol) while handing the coffee table book in front of many – ‘I’m not here to promote albay.’ If his road manager checks his record, Albay paid for his many guestings since way back 2011 when his talent fee was just P75,000 (Ginoo ni Magayon) and now P350,000 for Fiesta Tsinoy Albay. “It’s either 1. His parents did not raise him well. 2. He had bad education. 3. He is not managed well. 4. His character is inversely proportional to his looks. 5. He is on something.”

Xian Lim quickly responded on this issue via his official Twitter account. The 25-year old actor apologized, but denied that he doesn’t want to promote Albay. He said that that he was misquoted and that what he doesn’t want is to wear the “I Love Albay” t-shirt.

“I just read an online article about an incident which is deeply upsetting because it doesn’t tell the right story. In the article I was quoted as saying ‘I am not here to promote Albay’, something I never said or would ever say,” Xian Lim (@XianLimm) tweeted.

“Earlier, the author of the online article handed me a coffee table book of Albay and a tshirt to wear.. My exact words to her were “sorry po, hindi ko maisuot yung tshirt kasi baka magka conflict sa clothing endoresement ko. Pasensya na po,” Lim added, noted that his parents raised him to be respectful.

But this Friday, Albay Governor Salceda posted again on Facebook and denied that he was asked to wear the t-shirt, but instead was only given to him. The Albay governor also said that he is not accepting Lim’s apology and reminded him about what happened to Ramon Bautista when Davao City declared him as “persona non grata” in 2014 for his “hipon” comments to the women of Davao.

According to the advisory, Facebook netizens are being invited to invest their money for a promise of huge profit / high returns where an investment of P1,000 will earn profits ranging from P5,000 to P10,000 or a placement of P35,000 will yield P180,000 to P360,000.

SEC Advisory About Emgoldex On Its Official WebsiteSource: sec.gov.ph

According to the SEC advisory, Emgoldex Philippines is not a registered corporation or partnership and is not authorized to solicit investments from the public as it did not secure prior registration and/or license or permit to solicit investments from the Commission as required under Section 8.1 of the Securities Regulation Code.

The public is being advised to exercise self-restraint from investing their money into such high yield – high risk investment scheme and to take the necessary precautions in dealing with the above-named entity.

Below is the full copy of the advisory as posted on their official website. (PDF file)

With the increasing high demand for online freelancers, Bidorhire Limited launches its own online marketplace, Bidorhire.com. Through this site, online contractors (or employers) and different kinds of freelancers can easily negotiate for a certain project. These projects can be short term or long term.

Among the current popular categories available include web design, logo design, SEO (Search Engine Optimization), sales and marketing; cloud computing, article writing, and many more. As the site grows, more categories are expected to be added. Besides professionals, virtual assistants are also welcome.

Bidorhire.com was founded by a British online entrepreneur named David Mundle. But despite the fact that the site is based in UK, all nationalities around the world are welcome to register for free. The basic requirements are 18 years old above, and should have a bank account, credit/debit card or Paypal.

The aim of Bidorhire.com is to provide a decent and trusted platform for employers and freelancers who are willing to showcase their skills in various fields of expertise. The site is continuously improving its tools and system to provide convenience and safety to its fast growing number of members.

One great advantage of Bidorhire is that freelancers can also be employers at the same time. After registration, the member will have his or her own dashboard as freelancer and employer. The dashboard has set of tables of the status of the member, and links to other tasks related to the project and payment.

Every time an employer needs a freelancer, all he needs to do is publish the necessary details of the project, including the price range. Then, any interested freelancer shall place a bid until the employer chooses the winner. Payment for the projects can either be on per hour basis or fixed.

Bidorhire.com also offer various ways of job listing. Employers can choose it to be a paid advertisement, wherein no bidding is required. Other options are Featured, where the ad shall be posted on top of the job listing; Urgent, which will be marked as “Urgent” and will be posted right below the Featured ads.

For the safety of the freelancers, employers are required to place funds at the Escrow account. Freelancers will not be allowed to start the project if there are no enough funds. For employers, payment will only be sent to freelancers once the project has been submitted and approved by them.

Communication between employers and freelancers are being done via Private Message. But because Bidorhire.com is promoting friendship among all its members, every member is allowed to be friends to another member as long as the friendship invitation is approved by the other member.

Cancelation of projects is being mutually agreed by the employer and freelancer. But in case of unexpected misunderstanding, Bidorhire.com is ready to step in and help resolve the issue. The site owner is proud to announce that there has been no untoward incident so far.

For more information, interested parties can visit their FAQ page. For those who want to join them, everyone is invited to register for free at www.bidorhire.com.

According to the bulletin, Seniang‘s center was located at 75km southeast of Iloilo City as of 4am. It has maximum sustained winds of 65 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 80 kph. It is forecast to move west at 11 kph.

Residents in low lying and mountainous areas of the provinces with PSWS#2 and PSWS#1 are alerted against possible flashfloods and landslides. Ocean waves may reach up to 5 meters.

Fisherfolks and those with small seacrafts are advised not to venture out over the seaboards of Luzon, Visayas and over the northern and eastern seaboards of Mindanao, the bulletin said.

]]>http://www.batangastoday.com/pagasa-weather-update-tropical-storm-seniang-moving-towards-panay-gulf/34329/feed/0Bagyong Ruby Update: Ruby Further Weakened As It Moves Across Southern Batangashttp://www.batangastoday.com/bagyong-ruby-update-ruby-further-weakened-as-it-moves-across-southern-batangas/34325/
http://www.batangastoday.com/bagyong-ruby-update-ruby-further-weakened-as-it-moves-across-southern-batangas/34325/#commentsMon, 08 Dec 2014 15:43:53 +0000http://www.batangastoday.com/?p=34325Tropical Storm Ruby (international name: Hagupit) has further weakened as it moves across Southern Batangas, PAGASA said on its 20th Severe Weather Bulletin issued at 11pm, December 8, 2014.

According to the bulletin, Ruby’s center was located at 45km south of Ambulong, Tanauan City, Batangas as of 4pm. It moves west at 13kph with a maximum sustained winds of 65 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 80 kph.

Tropical Storm Ruby Track as of 11pm December 8, 2014Source: PAGASA

Public storm warning signals have been lowered already to most of the areas affected. The following are the remaining areas with warning signals:

Signal No. 2

Batangas

Northern Oriental Mindoro

Northern Occidental Mindoro

Lubang Island

Signal No. 1

Metro Manila

Bulacan

Rizal

Bataan

Cavite

Laguna

Southern Quezon

the rest of Mindoro Provinces

TS “RUBY” and the Northeast Monsoon will cause rough to very rough sea conditions over the seaboards of Luzon. Fisherfolks and those using small sea craft are advised not to venture out over the said seaboards, PAGASA said.

Ruby is expected to be out of landmass by early morning of Tuesday and out of the Philippine Area of Responsibility by Wednesday evening, the PAGASA bulletin said. Some classes are still suspended tomorrow because of this weather disturbance.

]]>http://www.batangastoday.com/bagyong-ruby-update-ruby-further-weakened-as-it-moves-across-southern-batangas/34325/feed/0Class Suspension For December 9 Due To Tropical Storm Rubyhttp://www.batangastoday.com/class-suspension-for-december-9-due-to-tropical-storm-ruby/34321/
http://www.batangastoday.com/class-suspension-for-december-9-due-to-tropical-storm-ruby/34321/#commentsMon, 08 Dec 2014 15:06:13 +0000http://www.batangastoday.com/?p=34321Because of the dangers posed by tropical storm “Ruby” (international name: Hagupit), local government units in different affected areas have already announced suspending of classes for Tuesday, December 9, 2014.

According to the bulletin, Ruby’s center was located at 15 km southeast of Laiya, Batangas as of 4pm today. It moves west northwest at 13kph with a maximum sustained winds of 85kph near the center and gustiness of up to 100kph.

It is expected to make a landfall on Laiya, Batangas at 6pm today and will be associated with strong winds, storm surge and moderate to heavy rainfall.

Tropical Storm Ruby and the Northeast Monsoon will cause rough to very rough sea conditions over the seaboards of Luzon and Visayas. Fisherfolks and those using small sea craft are advised not to venture out over the said seaboards, PAGASA said.

According to the bulletin, Typhoon Ruby‘s center was located at 110 km Northwest of Masbate City or at 50 km Northeast of Romblon, Romblon as of 4am today. It has a maximum sustained winds of 120 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 150 kph. It is forecasted to move west northwest at 10kph.

Track of Typhoon Ruby (Hagupit) as of 5am, December 8, 2014Source: PAGASA

Public storm warning signals are still raised in the following areas:

Signal No. 3

Burias Island

Marinduque

Romblon

Oriental Mindoro

Occidental Mindoro

Batangas

Laguna

Cavite

Southern Quezon

Lubang Island

Signal No. 2

Masbate

Ticao Island

Calamian Grp. of Islands

Bulacan

Bataan

Northern Quezon

Rizal

Albay

Camarines Sur

Camarines Norte

Metro Manila

Semirara Island

Aklan

Capiz

Signal No. 1

Sorsogon

Polillo Island

Zambales

Nueva Ecija

Tarlac

Pampanga

Catanduanes

Northern Palawan including Cuyo

Northern Samar

Iloilo

Antique

Biliran

Bantayan Island

More info from PAGASA’s bulletin:

Expected third landfall: Northern Mindoro between 6 – 8 pm today and it will be associated with strong winds, storm surge and moderate to heavy rainfall.

Estimated rainfall amount is from 5 – 15 mm per hour (moderate – heavy) within the 450 km diameter of the typhoon.

“RUBY” and the Northeast Monsoon will cause rough to very rough sea conditions over the seaboards of Luzon and Visayas. Fisherfolks and those using small sea craft are advised not to venture out over the said seaboards.

According to the latest bulletin, Typhoon Ruby is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Thursday morning.